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W. R. HAMILTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 492,674. Patented Feb. 28, 1893.

Illllillll l NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. HAMILTON, (-)F INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,674, dated February 28, 1893. Application ined December 2, 1891. serial No. 413,796. trio model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it muy concern: t

Be it known that I, WILLTAM R. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clem-,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in washing machines; and the objects of the invention are to simplify the construction and obtain increased power with less labor than is possible in machines of this description now in use.

With these ends in View my invention consists in the combination of a suds box provided with a hinged lid or cover, a removable tray fitted snugly within the suds box, an agitator shaft jonrnaled in bearings on the lid, an agitator attached tothe lower bifurcated end of the agitator shaft, a gear Wheel secured on the upper end of the agitator shaft between parallel horizontal journal plates, a segmental gear fulcrumed on the suds box and arranged to mesh with the gear wheel on the agitator shaft, and connections between the outer free end of the segment and an operating arm or lever.

My invention further consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure I is a perspective view of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of the suds box being broken away to show the interior of the same. Fig. II is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. III is a detail perspective view of the removable tray. Fig. IV is a top plan view; and Fig. V is a vertical sectional view through a portion of the lid or cover.

Like letters of reference denote correspondin gparts in all the figures, referring to which- A designates the suds box, which may be of any desired form and size, mounted on suitable legs ct' and provided with a hinged or swinging cover a.

On the lid dof-the boxA are firmly secured vertical agitator shaft which conforms in cross section to the form of the opening in the gear l) so that said shaft can be adj usted vertically,

when desired,for a purpose to be hereinafter pointed ont. The lower end of the agitator shaft is bifurcated and the prongs or arms thus formed are secu rely fastened to the npper surface of an agitator head e, which agitator is provided on its lower face or surface with a series ofv downwardly projecting ribs or lugs c'.

On or above the lid Ctof the suds box, preferably between armsd formed integral with the bearing plates B, B', is fulcrumed, at d, a segmental gear E the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of the gear wheel D on the agitator shaft. The segment or plate E is provided with a projecting arm e which arm is connected at its free outer end with an operating lever F by a link or rodf. The lever F may be fulcrumed on the lid a or on one side of 'the suds box as shown in Figs. I and II, respectively.

Within the box A is arranged a removable tray consisting of parallel bars G, G', which are connected by a series of parallel vertical bars g. The bottom of the tray is formed from a central solid block,a piece Hof which is connected With the lower bar G by a series of radial bars t. The tray is placed within the suds box and receives the clothes to be washed and the agitator e. As before stated the agitator shaft can be adjusted vertically to bring the agitator close against the lid ato enable the tray and clothes therein to be readily removed from the suds box.

The operation and advantages of my improvements will be readily understood and appreciated.

j I am aware that changes in the form and IOO proportion-of parts and details of construction of thedevices herein shown and described as an embodiment of my invention can be made Without departing from the spirit or sacrific-v ing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the rightfto vmake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the same.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a washing machine, the combination of a suds box provided with a hinged lid, a re-. movable tray fitted within the suds boX, parallel bearing plates mounted on'the hinged lid and provided with central aligned apertures, a gear Wheel arranged between the bearing plates and provided with a'central polygonal port and meshing withk the teeth of the gear Wheel on the agitator shaft, an operating lever, and a link connecting said lever with an arm attached to the segment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

-`VVILLI-AM R. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

WM. B. MARSHALL, D. R. PRINGLE. 

